Archive for January, 2009
2009 Aston Martin V8 Vantage Review
New for 2009 Since its release in 2006, the V8 Vantage had a 4.3-liter V8 which produced 380 horsepower. Much more than that, and the light-weight Vantage would keep up with its older brother, the V12-wielding DB9. In an effort to keep that from happening (and pissing off DB9 owners,) Aston Martin kept the Vantage’s [...]
Fiat & Peugeot-Citroen Merging?
Whoa, what? Are they serious? The news out of Europe is that Fiat and Peugeot/Citroen are thinking about merging? Most of the merger talk has been all in the US, mainly about who is going to marry Chrysler, but this one has come out of nowhere. Fiat’s CEO, Sergio Marchionne, said that ” … the [...]
Aston Martin Offers Upgrade Packages for 4.3-liter V8 Vantage Owners
When Aston Martin released the hugely popular V8 Vantage in 2006, they fitted it with a 4.3-liter V8 and 380 horsepower. This wasn’t enough for many people, since the Vantage’s competitors such as the Porsche 911 Turbo and Audi R8 were easily faster. Finally AM decided to up the ante for the 2009 V8 Vantage [...]
WRC: Subaru Cancels World Rally Program
That’s a right nice Merry Christmas for Petter Solbereg & Chris Atkinson, Subaru just fired them … OK, not fired them, but it just recently came out that Subaru has decided to not compete in the WRC (the World Rally Championship) any longer. They site the usual reasons these days: World economic downturn.
Video of Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Hamann Volcano
Merc’s (oh fine, and McLaren’s, I suppose) SLR supercar is going to be phased out to pave the way for the next uber Merc car (supposedly called SLC, by the way, and it’s gonna have those gullwing doors), but being the classy guys they are, Mercedes has released a bunch of special editions, 722 S [...]
Daimler Trucks Acquires 10% of Russian Truck Manufacturer Kamaz
Ah yeah, this could be fun. Fun? About one truck biz buying a chunk of another truck biz? How the Hell could that be fun? Look at the picture above. That is one of the Kamaz trucks racing in the Paris-Dakar race. For the uninitiated, Paris-Dakar is about as out there as you can get. [...]
Don’t Worry About Your Prius Batteries
So late last night, I get an email from the Big Boss Man, Chris, about the batteries on the Toyota Prius. The conversation goes something like this: Chris: “Want to do a factual/opinion piece on this? It’s a question I’ve heard quite a few times.”
2009 Toyota Yaris Review
New for 2009 For 2009, Toyota introduces a third body style to the Yaris lineup – a five-door hatchback. This will give a greater range of choices to those who need a sub-compact car, without giving up too much interior room. Also added in 2009 are standard anti-lock brakes, front seat-mounted side airbags and front [...]
Yenko Collection To Be Auctioned at Barrett-Jackson
I’m not that big a fan of car auctions, but occasionally something interesting, if not unique, pops up. Take the Barrett-Jackson auction that will be coming up this January 11-18 in Scottsdale, Arizona. Amongst the far too common big-block this and that and customized whatever, we have FIVE vintage and historically significant Don Yenko products: [...]
Chevy El Camaro
As a tribute to our favorite car/truck coupe-utility ugly-mobile – the Chevy El Camino, a clever Photoshop guru at the Streetfire forums has rendered an El Camaro. Based off the new 2010 Chevy Camaro, the El Camaro would give the (admittedly very few) customers muscle-car characteristics of the 2010 Camaro, while still offering the flat-bed [...]
